Ford F-350 Complaints (1997)

158 consumer complaints on file.

#10004217January 21, 2003
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
WHILE PARKED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED TO THE GROUND, CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567726October 3, 2002
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, THIS WAS THE THIRD TIRE FAILURE OF THE SAME SIZE AND MAKE, THE TIRE WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND THE OTHER TIRE BLOWOUTS OCCURED AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED (DOTYDOR1XK427 FIRESTONE, SIZE LT235/8516MS. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765286August 6, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013822July 11, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLES WILL NOT LATCH. *AK *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012748June 27, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WAS TRAVELING 35MPH AND STARTED TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A TURN APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. NEITHER DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763447June 25, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
TRUCK WAS PARKED IN LEVEL DRIVEWAY AND JUMPED FROM PARK INTO DRIVE AND ROLLED THRU FENCE, PASTURE, AND SHED. DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO FENCE, SHED AND TRUCK. MY HORSE WAS MODERATELY INJURED DUE TO TRUCK CRASHING INTO SHED AND HORSE RUNNING THRU FENCE. FORD STATED THAT THIS TYPE OF THING CAN HAPPEN AT ANY GIVEN TIME WHEN A VEHICLE GETS A LOT OF MILES AND PARTS GET WEAK.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007013April 8, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE
WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKES HESITATE TO STOP VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER REPLACED PARTS 2 TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK CONSUMER STATES BRAKE CABLES HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS, DUE TO DEALER USING THE WRONG CABLES, THE CABLES ARE CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006901April 4, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE FLYWHEEL FAILED WHILE WAITING AT A STOP SIGN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760188April 3, 2002
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHILE DRIVING DOWN A DIRT ROAD, THE STEERING COLUMN ON MY F-350 BOUND UP MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAKE A UPCOMING CORNER. BY REEFING ON THE STEERING WHEEL I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE TO MAKE THE CORNER. WHEN I REEFED ON THE STEERING WHEEL, THE STEERING COLUMN MADE A LOUD POP THEN STARTED TURNING. THE STEERING STARTED WORKING AGAIN AFTER THAT BUT NOW THE STEERING WHEEL/COLUMN IS VERY WOBBLY. I'VE CONTACTED THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND INFORMNED HIM OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564829March 27, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING, #5 PISTON (OR WRIST-PIN) FAILED IN THE ENGINE, CONSUMER IS SEEKING SOME RELIEF IN THE MATTER OF REPLACING THE FAILED ENGINE. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758966March 5, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
PROCEEDING DOWN STEEP HILL AT NIGHT APPROACHING A T INTERSECTION, ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART FAILED, JUST NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION, MINIMAL BRAKES AND STEERING AVAILABLE. CONTACTED PERSONAL MECHANIC, EXPLAINED SITUATION. CHECKED FUSES, 30 AMP FUSE FOR POWERTRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM RELAY COIL/GLOW PLUG CONTROLLER HAD FAILED. MECHANIC ADVISED OPEN THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING, REMOVE FILTER, CHECK THE HEATER WIRE IN BOTTOM. IF LOOSE, SHORTED OUT FUSE, THEREBY SHUT DOWN ENGINE. FOUND THE SOLDERED WIRE LOOSE. REMOVED SAME FROM THE ASSEMBLY PER INSTRUCTIONS AND REPLACED THE FUSE. ENGINE STARTED. MECHANIC SAID HE HAS REPAIRED (4) FORD DIESELS WITHIN PAST FEW MONTHS WITH SAME FAILURE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED. HE FURTHER SAID FORD WILL NOT HONOR REPLACEMENT OF THE FAILED PART. MY WARRANTY BOOK STATES THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM (LESS LINES AND TANK) ARE COVERED. CONTACTED TWO DEALERSHIPS, BOTH INDICATED THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM. CONTACTED FRONTIER FORD WHERE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED. THEY STATED THOSE PARTS ARE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY IN THEIR BOOKS. ADVISED THEM OF THE CRITICAL NATURE OF ENGINE FAILURE WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT ASSIST. CONTACTED FORD MTR CO. AND WAS ESSENTIALLY TOLD THE SAME THING. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED, BUT I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL A DEALER COULD BE LOCATED WHO HAD THEM IN STOCK, I WAS TOLD THEY ARE ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER STATUS. THE INTERNAL ASSEMBLY MADE OF A THIN METAL PLATE WITH THE HEATER ELEMENT SOLDERED TO THE PLATE WHICH PLACED UNDER THE FUEL FILTER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUSING. BY DESIGN ANY WATER PARTICULES DRAWN INTO THE FILTER SYSTEM ARE FORCED INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE ASSEMBLY WHERE A DRAIN VALVE IS LOCATED. FORD REQUIRES DRAINING THE ASSEMBLY EVERY 5K MILES OR WHEN THE WATER IN FUEL LIGHT COMES ON. I HAVE HAD THE FUEL FILTER REPLACED WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE TRUCK AND USE THE DRAIN VALVE EVERY TIME I REFUEL WHICH IS ON AVG. EVERY 400-500 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003340January 31, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN SHIFTING FROM SECOND GEAR TO THE DRIVE GEAR, ENGINE WILL UNEXPECTEDLY STALL. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE TWO TIMES AND HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER ADDS ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WHEN UPSHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR GENERALLY ON INCLINE, WHEN ENGINE DIES THERE ARE NO BRAKES, NO POWER STEERING, AND THE VEHICLE THEN BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE, VEHICLE IS PUT IN NEUTRAL TO RESTART ENGINE. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756029December 26, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
WENT TO 2 DEALERS BOTH SAID THAT THIS SENSOR HAS A NORMAL PROBLEM OF LEAKING FUEL OVER THE ENGINE AND A HIGH FAILURE RATE I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL HAD THE SAME SENSOR FAIL AND LEAK FUEL ON THE MOTOR AS WELL AS LEAKING A GOOD AMOUNT ON THE GROUND WHEN THE SENSOR FAILS FROM INSPECTING THIS SENSOR IT IS OF POOR QUALITY AND DESIGN FOR THIS PURPOSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001031December 21, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
HEADLIGHTS DIM AND GO OUT ON A INTERMITTENT BASIS. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898294October 26, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE ENGINE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND REPLACED VARIOUS SENSORS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897934October 18, 2001
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER 7 TIMES FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE WAS A GRINDING SOUND,LIKE METAL TO METAL. ALSO, EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE. DEALER DETERMINED THAT EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT RELEASING PROPERLY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BRAKE DRUMS. DRUMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE THUS FAR. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753356October 17, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW FROM THE DEALER AT 51,000 MILES THEY HAD TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION TRUCK THEN WORKED GOOD FOR A WHILE THEN THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANS COMPUTER AT MY EXPENSE NOW AT 81,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION IS DOING THE SAME THING AS AT 51,000 MILES I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS ONLY COVERED FOR 12,000 MILES I FEEL FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SEEING AS THERE MUST BE SOME SORT OF DEFECT IN THIS UNIT AS OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HARD SHIFTING IN AN AUTOMATIC FROM 1ST TO SECOND AND HAVING PASSING GEAR KICK IN ALL THE TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752997October 9, 2001
TIRES
TIRE DEVELOPED A LARGE BUBBLE OR BLISTER WHERE THE TREAD AND SIDEWALL MEET. TIRE THEN BLEW WITH ONLY APP. 6000 MILES ON IT. FIRESTONE DEALER ONLY WANTED TO SELL ME NEW TIRE AND OFFERED NO EXPLANATION OF TIRE FAILURE. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896019September 7, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AND STEERING WAS LOST WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895669September 4, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DRIVER'S REAR INSIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WITH A TIRE BLOWOUT. TIRE HAD 2/3 OF TREAD LEFT BEFORE THE BLOWOUT. VEHICLE WAS GOING 25MPH AND HEARD A BOOM. THEN, CONSUMER SAW TREAD FLYING OFF THE TIRE. 1997, FORD, F350 CLUB CREW CAB, USED TIRES CAME ON VEHICLE, SIZE P235/85R16, APPROXIMATE MILEAGE UNKNOWN.*AK FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S, P235/85R16, FAULTY TIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT AND FOR TIRES TO BE REPLACED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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